LEAGUE NEWS

Dragons star Ben Hunt has rightly or wrongly long been the subject of the NRL world’s scrutiny, but it only takes a moment of raw heartbreak to silence the cacophony of slander and criticism.

Hunt’s wife Bridget recently revealed the couple suffered a miscarriage early in the season, in a year where the Dragons halfback copped a torrent of condemnation as he struggled to live up to his $1.2 million price-tag.

Attacked for his performance in Origin 2, chastised for his decision making in the Dragons’ season-ending loss to the Rabbitohs – it’s the type of devastating revelation that seems to render all that noise mute.